Some providers may need to reduce services, lay off staff or close their doors if Congress enacts major cuts to the safety-net insurance program, experts say.

Congressional Republicans are looking to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in spending, which could impact Medicaid.

Congress is weighing Medicaid spending cuts of up to $880 billion or more over the next 10 years, but the reductions are expected to be a major headwind for hospitals, where 26% of inpatient visits are paid for by Medicaid,

Oliver Winn told Salon that he’s been on and off Medicaid throughout his entire life as a “chronically ill individual and the child of two disabled parents.” Winn’s mother lost an eye in an accident and Winn’s father was exposed to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War.

The Congressional Budget Office reviewed the leading proposals from Republicans who are trying to cut the costs of a program that serves roughly 72 million poor and disabled Americans.

States could see billions of dollars in reduced economic activity, lower state/local tax revenues, and large job losses if Medicaid work requirements are imposed.

The latest report by Urban Institute warns that proposed Medicaid funding cuts could cost states like California, New York, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade.

Colorado’s clinics and hospitals are already feeling the strain of losing half a million patients from the post-Covid Medicaid wind-down, and now Congress is threatening to slash and burn the

A House committee releases its plan to reduce the deficit by $880 billion to pay for President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities.